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Dr. David Harrison, the college's new president, will oversee the ceremony. Eddie Harrell Jr., President and CEO of the Columbus Urban League, is the keynote commencement speaker. Twenty-one of the graduates have perfect 4.0 averages.
The class is filled with remarkable stories of students' perseverance. * Mark and Jill Roush enrolled in 2007 at the same time as their teenage son John. Their home was destroyed by a tornado the following year. Then, last summer, an unthinkable tragedy: John died in an automobile accident. Despite the devastation and grief, the couple stayed the course. "Jill and I had to reach down into the depth of our souls and find the strength to be there for our beautiful daughters," says Mark. Each will receive an associate degree in business management. * Allison Whittington McLaughlin, 23, will receive her Associate of Arts. The Iraq War veteran was taking classes and about to be redeployed to Afghanistan in 2009 when she discovered she was pregnant. Already suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) she switched gears and changed her major to psychology. Says McLaughlin, "I hope to help people who have PTSD like me and so many of my Army buddies." * Hiawatha "Eddie" Adams, 33, will receive his Electronic Engineering Technology degree. He says an 8-week trade program (O.T.A.P.) at Columbus State changed his life. "For many years I ran the streets, and got into trouble with the law. I was desperate for a positive change. Through O.T.A.P. I found that change. When the program was over I was so hooked on getting an education, I enrolled full time at Columbus State."
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Dr. David Harrison, the college's new president, will oversee the ceremony. Eddie Harrell Jr., President and CEO of the Columbus Urban League, is the keynote commencement speaker. Twenty-one of the graduates have perfect 4.0 averages.
The class is filled with remarkable stories of students' perseverance. * Mark and Jill Roush enrolled in 2007 at the same time as their teenage son John. Their home was destroyed by a tornado the following year. Then, last summer, an unthinkable tragedy: John died in an automobile accident. Despite the devastation and grief, the couple stayed the course. "Jill and I had to reach down into the depth of our souls and find the strength to be there for our beautiful daughters," says Mark. Each will receive an associate degree in business management. * Allison Whittington McLaughlin, 23, will receive her Associate of Arts. The Iraq War veteran was taking classes and about to be redeployed to Afghanistan in 2009 when she discovered she was pregnant. Already suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) she switched gears and changed her major to psychology. Says McLaughlin, "I hope to help people who have PTSD like me and so many of my Army buddies." * Hiawatha "Eddie" Adams, 33, will receive his Electronic Engineering Technology degree. He says an 8-week trade program (O.T.A.P.) at Columbus State changed his life. "For many years I ran the streets, and got into trouble with the law. I was desperate for a positive change. Through O.T.A.P. I found that change. When the program was over I was so hooked on getting an education, I enrolled full time at Columbus State."
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